We had a good meeting today with Christine Sorbello of the Community Gardens Committee. Christine is also the Community Nutritionist of Bundaberg Community Health. So there is a lot of cross over with the concept of eating locally grown and fresh food. A community garden would give people a great opportunity to see how food is grown and get a better understanding of what it takes to get it to their plate.

Many topics where touched on in the hour plus meeting. Including the Community Garden - of course - and how we could get more community support, a Community Kitchen concept, bike ways, food security, different government sponsored community programs - 10,000 steps. Each topic could quite easily have been an hour in itself. We all became better aware of the big picture and how there is an ever growing number of pieces.

After getting back to the car we decided to go for a side trip through Queens Park behind the hospital as it had been mentioned as a possible site for a community garden. It became clear that facilties are a real necessity for a Community Garden. Toilets, shelter, good visibility were all concerns. Racking our brains for possible perfect sites (hey, why stop at one garden!) we decided to pop into Reds on the corner of Walker and Barolin - next to the big Foodworks. We wanted to check in with the Chef there if he had any interest in discussing further details of the CSA (community supported agriculture) concept. Alas, he wasn't in but we grabbed a cuppa and discussed the garage sale, the guide and future projects we can dedicate more time to once the guide is released.

A good day of brain storming. But with the year winding down a lot of good ideas will need to wait.

Dean